Liquid-soap container.



No. 700,787. Patented May 27, I902.

L. G. LANGSTAFF.

LIQUID SOAP CONTAINER.

(Applicdtion filed Apr. 25, 1901.)

(No Model.)

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS G. LANGSTAFF, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

LIQUID-SOAP CONTAINER.

SPECIFIGATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 700,787, dated May 27, 1902.

' Application filed April 25, 1901. Serial No. 57,4:80. (N0 model.) I

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known thatI, Lewis G. LANGSTAFF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in'Liquid-Soap Containers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to deliver a liquid soap or other liquid substance into the hands for cleansing purposes without thenccessity of handling the bottle or container in such a way as would soil or infect the hands; also, to furnish a convenient and rapid way of receiving the soap, &cL,'with the avoidance of risk or danger of exploding gases, breaking of bottles, 650.

The invention consists of a bottle Qrother container supported by an arm or bracket which is fastened or attached by a clamp to a washbasin-faucet or is held upright by being attached to a movable weighted stand. The bottle or container is placed or held in the bracket by a clamp, which, having a swivel connection with the rest of the bracket, may be tilted to an inverted position (by means of a wire-looped lever) and its contents poured into the hands or other receiver. On releasing the pressure on the'lever the bottle rights itself to its original position and is closed bya permanently-fixed cover or stopper.

Figure I shows a front view of the bracket and container unattached to faucet or other holder. The tiltingin this drawing would be toward the observer. Fig. II shows a left lateral view, the dotted lines'showing the position the container takes when the lever is pressed downward and its contents allowed to flow out. It also shows the smaller bracket (which is fixed in position) acting as a stop per on its (the containers) return to original position. Fig. III shows theband-clamp for container and wire-loop lever, also swivel on which the container tilts. This is a top end view. Fig. IV ShOWSSGClQlQHtOIfjIIQCkLOf container, rubber or other stopper, and spoutinserted in stopper.

In more detail, a, Fig. I, is a clamp which fastens the article to the base of any faucet. b is the main bracket-arm supporting the curved arm 0, which at its unattached end is flattened out to serve at its under side as a stopper or cap to the spout" d. This arm 0 also serves to prevent the'container from being tilted too far or to suchadegreeth'at its center of gravity would falljtoofar forward, thus preventing it from returning to its posi tion. The main bracket-arm I) also supports the container 6, which-is held in the screwclamp f and is tilted by-means of the lever g and turns on the swivel-joint at h.

Fig. II shows a left side view. It shows by the continuous line the ordinary position of the container at rest aboiut an inclination of forty degrees; also, by the dotted line the degree of rotation of the container on tilting it downward by the looped lever g about one hundred degrees. The lateral view of the arm and stopper or cap 0 is shown, the spout d being beveled at the opening to lie against the cape.

Fig. III shows the upper end view of container, looped lever, and cap 6, g, and 0, respectively; also, upper edge of band-clamp for holding container d.

Fig. IV shows a vertical section of upper end of container-e, the cork or rubber stopper for container 1', the spout cl, and one side of swivel-joint h.

To use the apparatus, press the back of one :or both hands on the lever, thus inverting the container and precipitating some of the contents into the hands. 7 Then release pressure and the container returns to original position. There being no vent other than the spout, a more or less definite quantity is discharged at each inversion..

The apparatus is ordinarily attached to the base of a water-faucet, the container thus being suspended between the two faucetsof a washbasin and at the back part of the basin, where it is not in the way.

What I claim asmy invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. A liquid-soap container, the same consisting of a receptacle for the soap pivoted to present'its" opening upward, aclosiir'e for said opening fixed in such position'as normally to close the same, and-a devicecarried upon said receptacle for tilting the same, substantially as and for the purpose described.-

2. In a liquid-soap container, the combination of a bracket, a collar carried thereby on a substantially horizontal pivot, 21. tilting device upon said collar, a receptacle held by said collar, and a closure carried by the prolongation of said bracket, against which the weight of the receptacle causes the latter to be normally closed, substantially as described. v

3. In a liquid-soap container, the combination of a bracket, a collar carried thereby on a substantially horizontal pivot, a receptacle held bysaid collar, and a closure fixed in such position that the Weight of said receptacle normally forces the opening of the latter against such closure, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my I5 name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

L. e. LANGSTAFF.

S. JOSEPHINE M. LANGSTAFF,

Witnesses:

DANIEL H. HANOKEL. 

